TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . November 19th, 2002
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HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Antiretroviral therapy restores some anti-TB immune activity
Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Adenosine deaminase, interferon useful for tuberculous pericarditis diagnosis
Antibiotic Resistance - TRUST 2002 study shows levofloxacin resistance remains rare in S. pneumoniae
Infectious Disease Testing - Urine-based Legionnaires screens often miss mild cases
Influenza Therapy - Polyvalent sialic acid binding inhibitors show promise against some flu strains
Tuberculosis Therapy - Novel screen can identify mycobacterial dihydrofolate reductase blockers
Chagas Disease - A little blue and purple helps body fend off deadly parasites
Cystic Fibrosis - Drug helps patients avoid hospitalizations
Drug Development - Antifungal and antibacterial in vivo efficacy data presented
Escherichia Coli - Antibodies treat severe infections
Food-borne Illness - Listeria outbreak, meat recall spur calls for more regulation
Food-borne Illness - Preventing outbreaks is relatively easy, PAHO says
Genital Herpes - Cold sore virus increasingly 'strongly associated' with early start to sex
Genital Herpes - Valtrex evaluated in HIV-infected patients
HIV/TB Coinfection - Foundation awards grant to Johns Hopkins to explore novel interventions
Infectious Disease - Hantavirus infection triggers long-term memory T-cell activity
Infectious Disease - Kent scientists to tackle potentially lethal fungal infections
Infectious Disease - Respiratory syncytial virus genotype linked to disease severity
Infectious Disease Vaccine - Rotavirus vaccine could protect children from infection and related diarrhea
Influenza - FluINsure vaccine challenge study in U.K. is approved
Lyme Disease - Intervention program shows success
Malaria - No link between antimalaria drug and violence, Army says
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - UF researchers probe possible strep link
Preparedness - CDC provides $1.2 million for early warning system for terrorism-related illness outbreaks
Public Health - Government applies bioterrorism responses to flu, West Nile
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Ob-Gyns more likely than other physicians to screen women
Smallpox - Report: New York ready in case of attack
Tuberculosis Testing - Dye-based assay can discriminate between virulent and attenuated lab strains
West Nile Virus - CDC updates investigations in recipients of blood transfusions
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